Trona street to be dedicated February 5

Market Street in Trona will be renamed Jones Street when it is dedicated Feb. 5 at 1 p.m.

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By John V. Cianijciani@ridgecrestca.com

Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Ridgecrest, CA

By John V. Cianijciani@ridgecrestca.com

Posted Jan. 26, 2013 at 12:00 PM

By John V. Cianijciani@ridgecrestca.com

Posted Jan. 26, 2013 at 12:00 PM

Market Street in Trona will be renamed Jones Street when it is dedicated Feb. 5 at 1 p.m.

The street is being named in honor of the late longtime resident and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Sgt. Norris Eugene Jones.

Cpl. Ryan Smith said Jones served 27 of his 31 years with the department in Trona. He moved to Trona in 1966, where he served as a deputy with the sheriff’s department. Jones advanced from deputy to detective to sergeant, and he was active with the Trona Community Services Council. He left Trona in 1993 and completed his last four years of service in Victorville.

Norris enjoyed hunting, trap shooting and gun collecting. He was a 20-year member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, which recently named him Volunteer of the Year and Man of the Year. He was a member of the Trona, China Lake, Barstow and Lone Tree trap clubs.

He passed Dec. 31, 2010 in Ridgecrest of cancer.

For more information or to RSVP, call Cheri Echols at (760) 256-4841 or Judy Jones at (760) 954-3266.